Monster Horror

Humanity has spent its time enjoying the peace that can only be had through blissful ignorance. For centuries, stories of things that go "bump" in the night have been passed down and shared. When creatures of the night proved to be real, the best of America 's military came together to form an elite band of rapid-response teams. Their mission: To face the challenge and keep the civilian populace safe from those threats and hide all evidence of their existence.

A girl receives a creepy present for her birthday. A housekeeper cleans up another mess. A pair of long-lost twins are finally reunited. Date night turns deadly. A family vlogger goes too far. These drabbles may be small in word count, but they're big in fright! 45 stories. 100 words each. 1 great book.

THEY MAKE A STARTLING DISCOVERY THAT CHANGES EVERYHING.... AS THE SPECIAL OPS TEAM CONTINUES ITS DESCENT IN SEARCH OF THE TERRORISTS WHO RELEASED A WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE, CHANTEL DISCOVERS THAT THE CULT SHE TRUSTED IS FAR MORE THAN SHE THOUGHT WITH TIES TO AN ANCIENT CULTURE THAT COULD BE THE SALVATAION OF HUMANITY OR ITS GREATEST ENEMY! TWO MORE EXCITING ADVENTURES OF THE SPECIAL FORCES TEAM!

A virus tears across the globe, transforming its victims in nightmarish ways. As the world collapses, dark forces pull a small group of women together. Erin, once quiet and closeted, acquires an appetite for a woman and her brain. Why does forbidden fruit taste so good? Savannah, a professional BDSM switch, discovers a new turn-on: committing brutal murders for her eldritch masters. Mareva, plagued with chronic tumors, is too horrified to acknowledge her divine role in the coming apocalypse, and as her growths multiply, so too does her desperation.

Ever since her sister became a man-eating spider and slaughtered her way through town, nineteen-year-old Ness has been terrified—terrified of some other Nightmare murdering her, and terrified of ending up like her sister. Because in Newham, the city that never sleeps, dreaming means waking up as your worst fear.

The real monsters are men. London 1888, and Jack the Ripper is terrorizing the people of the city. Evelyn, a young woman disfigured by her dangerous work in a matchstick factory, with nowhere to go, does not know what to make of her new position as a maid to the Elephant Man in London Hospital. Evelyn wanted to be locked away from the world like he is, shut away from the filth and dangers of the streets. But in Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, she finds a gentle kindred who does not recoil from her and who understands her pain.

Satisfy your craving for extraordinary authors and exceptional fiction: Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature’s strangest tales, from Frankenstein to The Haunting of Hill House and beyond. Frankenstein was just the beginning: horror stories and other weird fiction wouldn’t exist without the women who created it. From Gothic ghost stories to psychological horror to science fiction, women have been primary architects of speculative literature of all sorts. And their own life stories are as intriguing as their fiction.

Ghosts, demons, and more monsters. In a world where so many dark things go bump in the night, terror awaits around every corner as these authors take horror stories to the next level. Discover ghosts, demons, and your worst nightmares. Read at your own risk. Featuring 22 stories by the following 20 authors: Natalya Monyok, Trisha Slay, Michael Raff, John S. Aissis, Katie Jordan, Toni Mobley, Justin Rulton, Barend Nieuwstraten III, J.E. Cearlock, Gregory Scott Matics, Elizabeth Stanley, Melody Alice, E.B. Hunter, Warren Benedetto, Karin Becht, Kelly Piner, Charles Kyffhausen, John W. Salvage...

His very name inspires awe, horror, and, for some of the greatest masters of contemporary science fiction, a strong affection. Find out why in this special collector's edition of the original 1932 novelization of Wallace and Cooper's movie that includes commentary by masters of science fiction Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, Orson Scott Card, Harlan Ellison, Larry Niven, Catherine Asaro, Jack Williamson, and Marc Zicree.

Without the threat of the Witch’s bloody harvest, the family elders have fallen into chaos. Internal squabbling has left them blind to this new enemy in their midst. Local legends have barely begun to fade when a group of tourists go missing. Some say the Witch has returned. But Basheba, Mina, and the others believe it could be something even worse. As the survivors dig deeper, they discover that one of their own may have been corrupted by an ancient evil - a power greater than anything they have faced before. But is the Bell Witch behind all this?

It's Halloween in Pecan Groves, Texas and much mischief is afoot. In the midst of the morbid celebration manifests an otherworldly invasion. How could the citizens of that sleepy bedroom community separate costumes from the genuine horror that has come among them? When the smoke clears, few will be able to explain resultant mass disappearances among the population. Fewer still will believe. Introducing Pecan Groves, Texas. Oh, the mischief that transpires in that sleepy little town!

A haunting supernatural adventure, full of twists and turns! THE CARNIVAL IS IN TOWN The quest continues… Joseph Solitaire has battled goblins and lived to tell the tale… but his story is far from over. With his faithful owl companion no longer at his side, he must use his wits if he is to survive. In the second part of this nightmarish tale, Joseph, Lily and Norman cross paths with a brooding cowboy, who leads them into uncharted territory. Secrets have long been buried, but they will soon be uncovered. Four eyes remain hidden inside the carnival, but if they are to stand any chance of...

A brand new block of flats in the centre of the city, a luxury residence, or so the new inhabitants think. But these flats have a secret and they are not so new after all, just refurbished and modernised. What were they before? A dark past hides in the brickwork, waiting to be discovered. It seems that perhaps all the previous residents have not yet left the premises. Something else lives there too. Something much darker, awoken by a storm. The pioneer first residents, are in for the rides of their lives, or deaths. Dare you enter the darkness within?

"R.S. Veira scores big with collection of short stories." - Amazon Reviewer What if the monsters we thought were lurking under our beds and in our closets were real after all? For us, the answer to that question can be found in our nightmares, but for the children of Turner Street, it’s their reality. Monsters, demons, beasts of the night, or whatever you wish to call them, feast on these adolescents like cattle raised for slaughter. The Invisible World Protective Service (IWPS), the agency tasked to protect the children of the world, has been overwhelmed by Turner Street’s unusually ...

It’s the summer of 1969, and the shock of conflict reverberates through the youth of America, both at home and abroad. As a student at a quiet college campus in the heartland of Indiana, Terry Ives couldn’t be farther from the front lines of Vietnam or the incendiary protests in Washington. But the world is changing, and Terry isn’t content to watch from the sidelines. When word gets around about an important government experiment in the small town of Hawkins, she signs on as a test subject for the project, code named MKULTRA.

1937. When Mythily's plane suddenly loses all power and crashes into the jungle of a mysterious uncharted island, she and her companion Barry are faced with a kaleidoscope of horrors. They discover they are not alone. Initially they think the giant flesh eating spider-crabs are their biggest threat, until they uncover a far bigger secret that threatens the entire world. A survivor's tale of a lost island, alien visitation and giant flesh eating spider-crabs. "A wild read, full of suspense, great characters, and a plot that keeps you guessing. If you like unusual and slightly barmy (in the ...

Edgar is President of the homeowner’s association and the most hated man in the neighborhood. Not because of his power but because he abused his power. If he is not threatening someone with physical violence and getting away with it, he is abusing his wife, Lucille. But, the Wheel of Karma is about to go clickety-clack. Edgar thinks he’s ready for it. But is he? Are any of us when our misdeeds come back to haunt us? The first story of the second season of the Night Portals series is a story of a man who does not deserve your mercy. Step into the portal and let the light shine as the ...

During the chaos of World War I, a renegade Soviet scientist defies nature, splicing together the DNA of a mosasaurus and a plesiosaurus to create a terrifying hybrid. Immune to extreme temperatures and disease, this ultimate predator is a force of destruction. On the run from his own government, the scientist releases the monstrous creation into the depths of Loch Ness, where it vanishes into legend. Years later, Jesse Robins inherits a small fortune from a relative in Scotland and is tasked with hunting down the creature before it wreaks havoc on the fragile ecosystem.

For fans of STEPHEN KING and DEAN KOONTZ … author TODD TRAVIS (Creatures of Appetite) has gathered a haunting collection of suspense stories exploring the monsters, both living and dead, which surround us all. - A brilliant biophysicist on the verge of proving there is no life after death discovers, to his horror, that the dead are determined to stop him … - An abused small town boy finds a special friend in the woods next to his trailer, but his friend isn’t like other children and cannot leave the woods, not ever … - A group of determined graduate students seek Bigfoot on a remote...

In a short rom-com, the Devil finds Hell’s in jeopardy when unknown to him a man with a good heart sells his soul to him in exchange for lottery tickets, so he can go to Hell and do good deeds.